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Kar-Wai Wong

Wong Kar-wai (born 17 July 1956) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylised, emotionally resonant work, including Ah fei zing zyun (1990), Dung che sai duk (1994), Chung Hing sam lam (1994), Do lok tin si (1995), Chun gwong cha sit (1997), 2046 (2004) and My Blueberry Nights ... See full bio »
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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 35 wins & 68 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Faa yeung nin wa
Faa yeung nin wa Writer
(2000)
Yi dai zong shi
Yi dai zong shi Writer
(2013)
My Blueberry Nights
My Blueberry Nights Writer
(2007)
2046
2046 Writer
(2004)
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  Blossoms (screenplay - as Kar Wai Wong) (announced)
 2016 See You Tomorrow (writer - as Kar Wai Wong)
 2013 Yi dai zong shi (screenplay - as Kar Wai Wong) / (story - as Kar Wai Wong)
 2012/III Deja Vu (Short) (as Kar Wai Wong)
 2007 There's Only One Sun (Short) (written by - as Kar Wai Wong)
 2007 Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (story - segment "I Travelled 9000 km To Give It To You", as Kar Wai Wong)
 2007 My Blueberry Nights (screenplay - as W.K.W.) / (story - as W.K.W.)
 2004 Eros (written by - segment "The Hand", as Kar Wai Wong)
 2004 2046 (screenplay - as Kar Wai Wong)
 2002 Six Days (Video short) (as Kar Wai Wong)
 2000 Faa yeung nin wa (written by - as Kar Wai Wong)
 1997 Chun gwong cha sit (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1995 Do lok tin si (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1994 Dung che sai duk (screenplay - as Kar Wai Wong)
 1994 Chung Hing sam lam (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1991 Gau yat: San diu hap lui (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1990 Ah fei zing zyun (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1990 Zoi jeung gong woo (as Wong Kar Wai)
 1988 Meng gui xue tang (writer - as Kar Wai Wong)
 1988 Lie ying ji hua (writer - as Kar Wai Wong)
 1988 Wang Jiao ka men (writer - as Kar Wai Wong)
 1987 Zui hou yi zhan (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1987 Meng gui chai guan (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1987 Gong woo lung foo dau (as Wong Kar Wai)
 1987 Zui hou sheng li (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1986 Wo yao jin gui xu (written by - as Kar Wai Wong)
 1986 E nan (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1986 Shen yong shuang xiang pao xu ji (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1985 Ji ren tian xiang (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1985 Xiao hu xian (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1984 Yi ren zai jian (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1984 Long feng zhi duo xing (as Kar Wai Wong)
 1983 Kong xin da shao ye (writer - as Kar Wai Wong)
 1982 Choi wan kuk (as Kar Wai Wong)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial: Directed a commercial starring Eva Green for Dior's Midnight Poison perfume (2007).

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Alternate Names:

Wong Kar-wai | W.K.W. | WKW | Won Kar Wai | Wong Kar Wai | Jiawei Wang | Kar Wai Wong

Height:

5' 11¾" (1.82 m)
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Trivia:

Profiled in "Films and Dreams: Tarkovsky, Bergman, Sokurov, Kubrick and Wong Kar-Wei" by Thurston Botz-Borsnstein. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008. See more »

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Dull-lit &/or color-filtered-lit rooms See more »

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